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THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT From: http://www.listenAminute.com/f/four_seasons.html

I’m not sure how many people ever stop to think how

wonderful four seasons are. I think people who live in

cities don’t care about the seasons. City people spend

half their lives indoors or underground. I live in the

country and I love watching the seasons come and go.

Every day is different in the countryside. I love watching

the crops grow in the fields. I watch them push their way

up from the ground in the spring and then grow tall in

the summer sun. Just before autumn arrives, the farmer

harvests them and then winter comes. Seasons means

it’s like living in a new place every four months.

Everything changes. One wonderful thing about seasons

is the seasonal food you get. There’s always something

tasty that’s just come in season.


LISTENING GAP FILL From: http://www.listenAminute.com/f/four_seasons.html

I’m ____________________ many people ever stop to think how


cities ____________________ the seasons. ____________________ spend

half their lives indoors or underground. I live in the

country and I love watching the seasons ____________________ .

Every day is different in the countryside. I love watching

the crops grow in the fields. I watch them ____________________

up from the ground in the spring and ____________________ in

the summer sun. Just before autumn arrives, the farmer

harvests ____________________ winter comes. Seasons means

it’s like living in a new ____________________ months. Everything

changes. One wonderful thing about seasons is the

seasonal ____________________ . There’s always something tasty

that’s just ____________________ .


CORRECT THE SPELLING From: http://www.listenAminute.com/f/four_seasons.html

I’m not sure how many people ever stop to think how

wuonrldef four seasons are. I think people who live in

cities don’t care about the seasons. City people spend

half their lives srinodo or underground. I live in the

country and I love awgchnit the seasons come and go.

Every day is trffednie in the countryside. I love watching

the scpor grow in the fields. I watch them push their way

up from the ground in the pgrins and then grow tall in

the summer sun. Just before mtuuan arrives, the farmer


it’s like living in a new place every four mshnot.


is the saonesla food you get. There’s always something

tasyt that’s just come in season.


UNJUMBLE THE WORDS From: http://www.listenAminute.com/f/four_seasons.html

I’m not sure many stop people how ever to think how


cities don’t the care seasons about. City people spend

half indoors their or lives underground. I live in the

country and I love watching the seasons come and go.

is in countryside day different the Every. I love watching

the crops grow in the fields. way their push them watch I

up from the ground in the spring and then grow tall in

the summer sun. before Just arrives autumn, the farmer


it’s like every living a place four in new months.


seasonal food you get is the. There’s always something

tasty that’s just come in season.


DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________


STUDENT FOUR SEASONS SURVEY From: http://www.listenAminute.com/f/four_seasons.html

Write five GOOD questions about four seasons in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1

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STUDENT 2

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STUDENT 3

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Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.


WRITING From: http://www.listenAminute.com/f/four_seasons.html

Write about four seasons for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about four seasons. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about four seasons. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. FOUR SEASONS POSTER Make a poster about four seasons. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY FOUR SEASONS LESSON: Make your own English lesson on four seasons. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on four seasons. Share your findings with the class.

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